Bill Text: IL HB4537 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to wages paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of a public body engaged in a public works project with a total cost of $20,000 or less if the public body notifies the Department of Labor of each project for which the waiver is used within 60 days of commencing the project. Provides that the Department shall make available a form with which public bodies may make this notification. Provides that the Department shall submit an annual report detailing the number of projects engaged using the waiver in the preceding year, the total number of employees engaged in those projects, the total cost of those projects without using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of those projects using prevailing wage standards, and any other information the Department deems appropriate.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4537 Detail]

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB4537 Introduced , by Rep. Jim Sacia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 130/1a new
820 ILCS 130/11c new
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to wages paid to all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of a public body engaged in a public works project with a total cost of $20,000 or less if the public body notifies the Department of Labor of each project for which the waiver is used within 60 days of commencing the project. Provides that the Department shall make available a form with which public bodies may make this notification. Provides that the Department shall submit an annual report detailing the number of projects engaged using the waiver in the preceding year, the total number of employees engaged in those projects, the total cost of those projects without using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of those projects using prevailing wage standards, and any other information the Department deems appropriate.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by adding
Sections 1a and 11c as follows:
(820 ILCS 130/1a new)
Sec. 1a. Waiver. This Act does not apply to wages paid to
all laborers, workers, and mechanics employed by or on behalf
of any and all public bodies engaged in public works projects
with a total cost of $20,000 or less if public bodies using
this waiver notify the Department of Labor of each project for
which the waiver is used within 60 days of commencing the
project. The Department of Labor shall make available a form
with which public bodies may make such notification, which
includes a description of the project, the number of employees
engaged in the project, the total cost of the project without
using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of the project
using prevailing wage standards, and any other reasonable
information the Department of Labor deems appropriate.
(820 ILCS 130/11c new)
Sec. 11c. Reports. The Department of Labor shall submit to
the Governor and General Assembly an annual report no later

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than January 31 of each year beginning in 2014 detailing the
number of projects engaged using the waiver in Section 1a of
this Act in the preceding year, the total number of employees
engaged in those projects, the total cost of those projects
without using prevailing wage standards, the total cost of
those projects using prevailing wage standards, and any other
information the Department of Labor deems appropriate.